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January 2, 2008
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Ben Smith
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A LAMB LAYS WITH LION PRODUCTION
THE ENCORE PRESENTATION
OF
FORT WILSON RIOT PRESENTS: IDIGARAGUA
IN REPERTORY WITH
MASSGRAVES
Directed by Jeremey Catterton and performed at the Bedlam Theatre
April 3-15, 2008
(Minneapolis, MN) Minneapolis theatre company Lamb Lays with Lion is proud to announce the encore presentation of Fort Wilson Riot Presents: Idigaragua in the spring of 2008. This award winning "indie-rock opera" will return to the Bedlam Theatre for a very special encore presentation and will run in repertory with the world-premiere production of Massgraves, written for the stage by Jeremey Catterton. As Artistic Director of Lamb Lays with Lion, Mr. Catterton will return to direct Idigaragua and Massgraves. The productions will play nightly, alternating orders from one day to the next beginning April 3 through the 15 at the Bedlam Theater in Minneapolis. Tickets may be purchased for each show independently or at a reduced price for the double feature.
Fort Wilson Riot Presents: Idigaragua premiered at the Bedlam Theatre to great critical acclaim and sold out crowds in September of 2007. Conceived by local art-rock band Fort Wilson Riot and directed by Catterton, Idigaragua features dance, puppetry, film and live rock 'n' roll to fully visualize their concept album of the same title. A five-part epic, Idigaragua relates a magical tale of one man's lifetime, from the mundane to the fantastic. It speaks of intention, possibility, and choice, while all along accompanied by a mystical bird and its song, "Idigaragua . . . "
"Few bands can summon the creative stamina required for a project like Idigaragua. Yet with their first full-length effort, local musicians Fort Wilson Riot have fearlessly thrown down a jewel-encrusted, multi-patterned, Technicolor gauntlet. A nexus of dance, costume, puppetry, film, theater, concept album, and live rock 'n' roll, Idigaragua is perhaps the most ambitious and imaginative debut release in indie-rock history," writes Christopher Matthew Jensen for City Pages.
"Massgraves…is a lot of bodies…or the end of religion... or possibly the mourning of our weak wrecked planet, as we gift it unto our children. Massgraves is the story of how to properly put to bed everything we hold dear. It is how we say goodbye to all that was good about life and striving. The Requiem for all that we did not do, or simply the Prayer for all that we still hope to happen…which keeps us living. Massgraves is a hiphop-beat ridden vision that peers through the art of performance to tell us the story of ourselves in a city, Nosferatu on the floor in a heap, and The Egyptian Book of the Dead in our sleep," from writer/director Jeremey Catterton
About Lamb Lays With Lion
Lamb Lays with Lion is a Twin Cities theatre company that produces challenging and original performances. Lamb Lays with Lion's creations experiment with different forms of performance and multi-media expression. The intent is to create a challenging, enriching and entertaining experience when the lights go down. The Lamb Lays with Lion company includes: Cameron Brainard, Jeremey Catterton, Jesse Corder, Alexis Cuttance, Jayne Deis, Garrett Fitzgerald, Jake Lindgren, Katie Rose McLaughlin, Melissa Ann Murphy, Jacob Mullis, Dan O'Neil, Ashley Smith and Carl Swanson.
About Fort Wilson Riot
Fort Wilson Riot have been writing and performing together since 2005. They have gone on to achieve critical success, earning the title of "Picked to Click" by the City Pages in 2005, being named "Best Live Band" by the Star Tribune in 2005 and finding their yet-unreleased epic, Idigaragua winning "Best Song" in the Star Tribune's year end poll in 2006. In fall of 2007 their theatrical production of Idigaragua played to sold out crowds at the Bedlam Theatre. The concept album of the same name went on to make "The Top 20 Local Albums" in addition to FWR being one of the "Favorite Live Acts" in the Star Tribune's year end poll in 2007. They are in the process of preparing to tour the production in the CAFF (Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals).
About the Bedlam Theatre
For years the Bedlam's shows have been called "the gustiest, riskiest theater around . . . " The Bedlam is located on the West Bank of Minneapolis at 1501 South 6th Street.
www.fortwilsonriot.com
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